Proceedings of professional meetings of general demographic concern, except for proceedings coded under the specific topic discussed and cross-referenced to this heading. Items about conferences are also classified under this heading.
62:40753 Beaujot, Roderic. The
Cairo conference: implications for population activities. Canadian
Studies in Population, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1995. 169-80 pp. Alberta,
Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"The 1994 Cairo conference
achieved greater consensus than the previous conferences in 1974 and
1984. This is partly due to the focus on individual level
considerations and on women's interests in particular. While applauding
these outcomes, the paper also raises some concerns related to ways of
giving priority to population questions in
development."
Correspondence: R. Beaujot, University
of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:40754 DaVanzo, Julie; Farnsworth,
Gwendolyn. Russia's demographic "crisis".
RAND Conference Proceedings, ISBN 0-8330-2446-9. 1996. xviii, 205 pp.
RAND: Santa Monica, California. In Eng.
"This volume is an
outgrowth of a June 5-6, 1995, conference at which a group of Russian
demographers presented the results of their pioneering research on
Russia's demographic `crisis' to American colleagues from RAND, the
University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Southern
California, and the International Programs Center of the U.S. Bureau of
the Census....The six papers in this volume reflect the current state
of knowledge in two broad categories: (1) fertility and family
planning; and (2) issues in the area of health and mortality--health
status, health care, and population aging. Together these phenomena
affect the size, composition, health needs, and growth rate of the
Russian population."
Selected items will be cited in this or
subsequent issues of Population Index.
Correspondence: RAND
Corporation, 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA
90407-2138. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:40755 Dyring, Annagreta.
Forgotten facts: population policy reconsidered. ISBN
91-86826-22-0. LC 95-133107. 1994. 79 pp. Swedish Agency for Research
Cooperation with Developing Countries [SAREC]: Stockholm, Sweden;
Swedish International Development Authority [SIDA]: Stockholm, Sweden.
In Eng.
This is a report from a well-known journalist on a
selection of population topics based on her experiences in attending a
conference entitled Population Reconsidered--Empowerment, Health and
Human Rights, held in Harare, Zimbabwe, in December 1993. The emphasis
is on issues of freedom and empowerment, rather than on the provision
of contraceptives, and on the study of population questions as an
integrated part of the collective development perspective. The
geographical focus is on developing countries.
Correspondence:
Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries,
P.O. Box 16140, 103 23 Stockholm, Sweden. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:40756 Findlay, Allan M.; Borgegård,
Lars-Eric. Demography, destiny and population
policies. Applied Geography, Vol. 15, No. 3, Jul 1995. 197-202 pp.
Oxford, England. In Eng.
"The paper reviews the strengths and
weaknesses of two recent conferences concerned with population
policies, and in particular contrasts academic research on the topic
with the views expressed at the 1994 Cairo International Conference on
Population and Development. Four main policy conclusions are reached
from synthesizing recent applied geographical work on the
topic."
Correspondence: A. M. Findlay, Dundee
University, Department of Geography, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland.
Location: New York Public Library, New York, NY.
62:40757 Navarrete, Emma L.; Vera
Bolaños, Marta G. Population and society.
[Población y sociedad.] ISBN 968-6341-48-X. 1994. 442 pp.
Consejo Estatal de Población [COESPO]: Toluca, Mexico; El
Colegio Mexiquense: Toluca, Mexico. In Spa.
These are the
proceedings of a symposium held in September 1992 on aspects of
population and society in Mexico, with particular reference to the
state of Mexico. There are 15 papers, which cover such topics as
population policies, fertility, midwives, family planning programs, the
mortality transition in Cuba, urbanization, industrialization,
migration, the labor force, agriculture, educational equalities,
education and fertility in an indigenous population, population growth
and educational attendance, and technical
education.
Correspondence: El Colegio Mexiquense, Apartado
Postal 48-D, 50120 Toluca, Mexico. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:40758 Shenstone, Michael. The
Cairo conference: achievements and Canadian contributions.
Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1995. 181-5 pp.
Alberta, Canada. In Eng. with sum. in Fre.
"The International
Conference on Population and Development was a significant achievement
in which Canada played a significant role. The challenge remains of
finding ways to help bring about the objectives of the
conference."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:40759 United States. Bureau of the Census
(Washington, D.C.). 1996 Annual Research Conference and
Technology Interchange, March 17-21, 1996. Proceedings. Aug 1996.
xv, 1,173 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
These are the proceedings of
the 1996 annual conference sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau.
"These conferences provide a forum for academic, private sector,
and government researchers from around the world to discuss and
exchange current research results and methods in areas relevant to
Census Bureau programs....The technical sessions at ARC 1996 addressed
a wide variety of topics such as government performance and results,
disclosure avoidance methodologies, longitudinal data, race and
ethnicity, improvements in retail trade programs, reducing response
burden in economic surveys, small area estimation for labor force
programs, administrative lists, metadata standards, census estimation,
automated coding, plans for the next population census, generalized
tools/systems, record linkage issues, automated edit and imputation,
electronic data dissemination, new approaches to survey census
development environment, and alternatives to traditional survey
methods."
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Washington, D.C. 20233. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
